Guinea-Bissau's foreign minister has said his government has stopped a study funded by the Trump administration aiming to evaluate side effects of the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, including any ...

Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded funding for the controversial study, say it will proceed as planned. Public-health authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they ...

This past week has brought a dizzying back-and-forth about a U.S.-funded medical research trial. Many public health experts call the study unethical and unnecessary, likening it to the infamous ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. Plans for a controversial U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau's military junta has set a date for new elections following its takeover late last year, according to a statement by the junta's leader on Wednesday. In a ...

A U.S.-backed study set to examine the overall health effects of hepatitis B vaccine dose timing on some 14,000 infants in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau has raised ethics concerns among ...

The recent award of a $1.6 million unsolicited, single-source grant to the Bandim Health Project for a clinical trial in the impoverished West African country of Guinea-Bissau marks a significant ...

Then-President Umaro Sissoco Embalo casts his votes at a polling station during presidential and legislative elections in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Nov. 23, 2025 (Presidency of the Republic of ...

BISSAU, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's military junta adopted a 12-month transitional charter that bars the interim president and prime minister from running in the next elections, two weeks after ...

In this photo taken from video provided by TGB Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau's junta leader Gen. Horta Inta-A, takes an oath of office in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Nov. 27, 2025 Passenger who died on ...